Venetian blind protector



March 25, 1952 M. A. GUARINO ET AL 2,590,767

VENETIAN BLIND PROTECTOR Filed may 22, 1950 Fig.

Arr/m! Am'lio Guarino Mary Agnes uarino INVENTORS BY W'QW Patented Mar. 25, 1952 VENETIAN BLIND PROTECTOR Mary Agnes Guarino and Arthur Attilio Guarino, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application May 22, 1950, Serial No. 163,427

3 Claims. (Cl. 160-34) This invention relates to improvements in attachments for Venetian blinds.

An object of this invention is to protect a Venetian blind for the main purpose of preventing the necessity of excessive periodic cleaning thereof due to accumulation of dust and dirt on the slats and tapes of said blind.

Another object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive, light flexible cover preferably of plastic, nylon, rayon or other adaptable material which has fastening strips at the upper end thereof adapted to fasten to the tilt slat of a Venetian blind and which has a stiffening member disposed in the bottom thereof to provide even fastening thereof to the lowermost slat of the Venetian blind whereby the cover will adhere to the general contour of the Venetian blind and may be raised and lowered with the blind.

Ancillary objects and features of importance will become apparent in following the description of the illustrated form of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational View of a typical window construction having a Venetian blind with the cover thereon;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1 and in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the cover;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail of construction showing how the cover may be attached at its upper ends to the tilt slat of the blind, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail of construction showing how the bottom of the cover may be attached to the lowermost slat of the blind.

In Figure 1 there is illustrated a window frame generally indicated at ID with the necessary windows I2 and I4 conventionally disposed therein. A Venetian blind generally indicated at 16 is illustrated and arranged behind a valance I8.

The upper part of the Venetian blind includes among other necessary structure a horizontal tilt slot 20 arranged to be operated by the cord 22, together with the number of intermediate slats 24 which are held in place by the tapes 26 and 28, and a lowermost or lower slat 29 which is attached at the bottom of the tapes 26 and 28.

The cover generally indicated at 32 is adapted to be inserted from the bottom of the Venetian blind i6 and pulled upwardly thereon. The cover includes a front panel 33, a rear panel 34,

side panels 35 and 36 together with a bottom panel 31. A stiffener member 38 of a shape similar to the bottom panel 31 is disposed-thereon and may be a strip of plastic, cardboard or other stiffening element or may be additional thickness of material in the base panel or bottom panel 31. The purpose of the stifiener is to accommodate the fastening elements as the tacks 39 which pass through the bottom panel, the stiffening member 38 and into the lower slat 29 of the Venetian blind. This construction allows the entire bottom panel 31 to be fastened firmly to the lower surface of the slat 29 by employing only a. few tacks, screws or other fastening elements.

The side, front and rear panels are substantially rectangular in shape in order to conform generally to the shape of the Venetian blind. A reinforcing member or hem 40 is disposed around the entire upper open end of the cover 32 for strengthening purposes. Notches 42 and 44 respectively are formed in the upper ends of the side panels and in the side parts of the front and rear panels to thereby define the fastening strips 46 and 48 which are adapted to overlie and be fastened to the tilt slat 20. These fastening strips may overlap each other as disclosed in Figure 2 or may be of such size as to simply abut each other at their outer edges, this being within the prerogative of the user and manufacturer of the device.

Another purpose of the notches 42 and 44 is to allow for the passage of the cord 22 which is used for raising and lowering the Venetian blind and the cords 49 and 50 at the opposite side of the Venetian blind which are used to tilt the slats thereof for known adjustment purposes.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a Venetian assembly including a tilt slat and a lower slat, a cover of flexible material having front and rear panels and side panels, a bottom panel secured to said lower slat, and notches in the upper side portions of the front and rear panels defining fastening strips at the upper ends of said front and rear panels, said strips being secured to said tilt panel to support the cover on the blind.

2. The combination of claim 1 and a stiffening member disposed on the bottom surface of the lower slat and held in place by said bottom panel and by fastening elements passed therethrough.

3. The combination of claim 1, and the blind having standard lift and tilt cords, and said notches constitutingpassages in which the cords are disposed. UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date MARY AGNES GUARINO. 761,293 Goldsmith May 31, 1904 ARTHUR ATTILIO GUARINO. 5 1,937,342 Higbie Nov. 28, 1933 2,185,688 Hargis Jan. 2, 1940 REFERENCES CITED 2,224,090 Tucker Dec. 3, 1940 2 385,053 Bohn Sept. 18, 1945 The following references are of record in the me of this patent: 2,440,192 Cowan Apr. 20. 1948 

